Politics
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The vice-presidential candidate, like many former critics, came to accept Trump was ahead of the curve on economic nationalism
September 18, 2024
19 mins
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Our new G-G let slip an avalanche of heartfelt concern that recast our 236 years of indifference and guilt
September 17, 2024
9 mins
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The promise a Covid royal commission has been renounced even as a sweeping inquiry is needed more than ever
September 16, 2024
12 mins
The latest
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As Michael Easson notes in his new Chris Watson biography, Labor's first PM sought to civilise capitalism, not bring it down
September 15, 2024
9 mins
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Remarkably, the Voice went down despite big business, big tech, big sport, and big philanthropy
September 14, 2024
14 mins
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The proportions of Aboriginal children and young people placed in a relative or kin placement or with an Aboriginal foster carer have decreased, and the proportion of Aboriginal children who were reunified with their families has declined.
September 9, 2024
18 mins
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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
September 8, 2024
12 mins
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If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
September 6, 2024
6 mins
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The cost of the Paris Olympics will never be known, but whatever it might be the French taxpayer will foot the bill
September 1, 2024
9 mins
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Russia has long insisted that in return for peace, Ukraine must give up the 20 per cent of its territory that Russia currently occupies as well as any aspiration of joining NATO. These terms were unacceptable to Ukraine.
August 29, 2024
9 mins
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Today, Peter Hartcher, who is reporting from America, has gone to press with his big wrap on the Democratic National Convention. It’s a very positive piece about the re-machined Kamala Harris
August 25, 2024
6 mins
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The clear assumption by many politicians, public servants, and journalists, is that Australia is inevitably going down the path of “no faith”.
August 25, 2024
20 mins